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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Military dispatch from Tiel, Dec. 9, reports completion of artillery batteries, river mapping under General Dundas, orders for inhabitants to vacate homes for troops, French claims of evacuating opposite shore due to supply issues from Grave and St. Andre defenses, rising sickness and deaths among allied forces, sentinel chain from Bommel to Nimeguen, Waal batteries, and potential French flanking via Rhine with inundations as last defense.
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The officers of artillery quartered here have, with the assistance of the country workmen, completed the batteries which they had been ordered to raise. They have been employed since, by the order of General Dundas, who commands here, to make out a plan of the river and its banks above and below this place. It is to extend from this to Nimeguen.
The high bailiff, the count de Randwyk, has ordered, by proclamation all the inhabitants along the dyke from Nimeguen to this place, to quit their houses and give them up to the accommodation of the troops. This has made the French believe that a reinforcement is coming.
The French call across the river, that they mean to evacuate the opposite shore, but that we shall not find in the country a single pound of bread. This operation is attributed to the great difficulty which they find in subsisting in consequence of the gallant defence of Grave, which cuts off their communication by the Meuse, and the fort St. Andre, which obliges them to pass Bois-le-Duc through a very bad road.
I am sorry to say that our sick increase daily, and our deaths are many.
We have a chain of sentinels from Bommel, to and far beyond Nimeguen, to communicate with the allies. The banks of the Waal are well defended by batteries. If the French can by any means cross it, they will turn our right flank, and by passing the Rhine high up, may at the same time turn our left flank—the inundations in that case can alone save Holland. Three bridges are already constructed across the Rhine to favor our retreat.
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Tiel
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Dec. 9.
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our sick increase daily, and our deaths are many; french mean to evacuate the opposite shore but warn of no bread in the country; potential french crossing of waal and rhine to turn flanks, with inundations to save holland; three bridges constructed across rhine for retreat
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Officers of artillery completed batteries with country workmen; ordered by General Dundas to plan river and banks from Tiel to Nimeguen. High bailiff count de Randwyk proclaimed inhabitants along dyke from Nimeguen to Tiel quit houses for troops, leading French to believe reinforcements coming. French call across river intent to evacuate opposite shore due to subsistence difficulties from Grave defense cutting Meuse communication and fort St. Andre forcing bad road through Bois-le-Duc. Chain of sentinels from Bommel to beyond Nimeguen for ally communication; Waal banks defended by batteries.